234 HISTORICAL SKETCH 0E PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

The day following being Sabbath, services appropriate to the

season of the year, were participated in by the other churches of the city, viz:

BAPTIST CHURCH.

“At the Baptist Church Christmas was observed. There was an appropriate sermon in the morning by Pastor Corey, in which the Rev. gentleman referred to the contrast between the humble birth of the Lord of Christmas and the great work He came upon earth to perform. He also showed the wide spread observance of the fact the angels sang about on the first Xmas morn, when over the whole christian world Bethlehem’s Saviour is acknowledged a Lord of all when is written Anno

Domini. The Xmas anthem by the choir was rendered in their usual good style.”

GRACE CHURCH.

“There being no service on Xmas day, the theme of this happy anniversary was the subject of the services. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Kerby, preached an appropriate sermon in the morning from Luke ii: 13-14, dealing with the song of the angel choir, the three notes of the Anthem being—I, Glory to God; II, Peace on Earth; III, Good will towards men. The church choir was assisted at both services by twenty of the sweet singers from the Sabbath School. The singing of these little ones and the beautiful blending of their voices with those of

the choir was very much appreciated. The anthems by the senior choir were exceptionally good.”

ZION CHURCH.

“ In the morning the pastor, Rev. Mr. Sutherland, preached from Matthew ii : r, 2, on ‘The Wise Seekers from the East,’ emphasising the sign of the seekers—the star, which like all the rest of the symbolism of nature, ever points to God—the search of the seekers, characterized by earnestness and reverence, two qualities inseparable from all search after truth and God—and the worship of the seekers prophetic of the time when the wealth, wisdom, and religions of humanity will bow in homage before Him who once was the Babe of Bethlehem, andnndica- tive of all true worship, inasmuch as it did not conmst in mere sentiment but expressed itself in gifts of gold, frankincense and